Book-mark.



A. EBERLB.

BOOK MARK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3. 190a I INVENTOI? fiayuatlferle Patented May 18, 1909.

W/T/VESSES ATTORNEYS AUGUST EBERLEQOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOK-MARK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Augusta, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 448,690.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, AUGUST EBICRLE. a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of the city ol- New York, Sheepshead Bay, borough oi" Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New- York, have invented a new and improved Book- Mark, of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in book-marks, and more particularly to that type of book-mark in which a ribbon is employed, one end of said ribbon being adapted to be attached to the book while the opposite end of the ribbon hangs free between the pages.

One object of my invention is to provide a combined book-mark. and page-cutter in which the cutter may serve either as a clamp for fastening the end of the ribbon to the book, or as an anchor for holding the lower end of the ribbon in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a book-mark of variable length so as to ad t it for different sized books, and in which illie means for varying the length also serves as means for indicating the particular line at which it is desired to begin reading.

Other objects and advantages of my particular construction will be set forth more fully hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification; in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is'a plan view of a book-mark constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section therethrough; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved mark imposition in a book, illustrating one manner in which the clamp may operate; and Fig. 4 1s a perspective view similar to a portion of Fi 3, but showing a different manner of .a p yin the clamp.

The specific boo -mar illustrated in the accompanyin drawings includes a body portion 10 in the orm of a ribbon or tape, and at the up or fond of the ribbon is disposed means or securing the ribbon to a portion of the book. This -tiieans includ es a combined clamp and'page cutter 11, connected by a string or cord 12 to'the upper end of the ribbon. The combined clamp and page cutter is fqrmed'of a single piece of flattened wire having four longitudinally-extending membore 13, 14, 15 and 16. Theseall lie in the same plane, and the two outermost members '13 and 16 are integral with a connecting loop i 17 at the head of the clamp and to which the cord 12 is secured. The two inner members 14 and 15 are integral with the outer members l3 and 16, respectively, and extend toward the loop from the opposite end of the clamp. The two inner members 14 and 15 he parallel and in engagement with each other, and betwe'en these two members the portion of the book to be held is inserted. To facilitate the insertion, thetwo members 13 and 14 at their outer ends are-bent out wardly to lie at an angle to the members 15 and 16 forming the other portion of the clamp. The member 16 is of greater length than any of the other members and presents astrai ht thin cutting edge, by means of which t e ages of the book,magazine; or the like,'may e readily cut. The clamp is substantially flat and mav be inserted between the leaves 18 of the book, so as to grip a small portion of the leaves 19 in between the clamp members, and to lie substantially parallel to the leaves, as illustrated in Fig. 4, or the clam may be secured directlyv to the back' binding 20 of the book, to lie at substantially right angles to the plane of said back, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The cord may be attached to the upper end of the ribbon in any suitable manner, as, for instance, by the use of a wire band, to form one loop 21 throu h which the ribbon extends and a second 00p 22 through which the cord extends. The ribbon may be secured to the loo 21 in any suitable manner as, for

instance y foldinglsaid ribbon bac upon itself and sewing t e folded portion to the body of the ribbon.

At the o posite end of the ribbon I provide an anc hor 23 which serves to hold the ribbon straight when the book is in an inclined osition and which may be readily 1nsorted etween the pages at the loweredge of the book should it be desired to secure the ribbon to the book at both ends. This anchor may also serve as a cutter and be used for cutting a'part pages when it is not desired to remove the clamp from the upper portion of the book. The specific anchor shown is formed of an elongated pointed piece of sheet metal havin oppositely-disposed cutting edges 24, an having a slot or opening 25 therethrou h adjacent the upper end, and of a length so stantially equal to the width of the ribbon, to facilitate the attachment of the anchor to the ribbon. If it is desired to form the book-mark of substantially constant length, the anchor may be secured directly to the lower end of the ribbon, but refcrably the book-mark is of variable ength and the anchor serves not only as a page-cutter, but also serves as means for facilitating the elongation of the book-mark. For elongating the book-mark, I provide a slide 26 formed of a piece of sheet metal embracing the ribbon and movable longitudinally thereof. The ends of the sheet metal come adjacent the back surface of the ribbon, and to these ends is secured the end ortion 27 of the ribbon after the latter has con extended through the slot 25 of the anchor and folded back upon itself. By moving the slide 26 toward the upper end of the ribbon, the ribbon is caused to slide through the slot in the anchor and the total efiective length of the book-mark is reduced. By 'pulling downwardly on the anchor 23, the slide is caused to move downwardly and the total effective length of the book-mark is increased. The slide 26 serves not only for shortening the book-mark, but also serves as a line indicator in the book. The slide is referably provided with an aperture there- 3 in which may be of any ornamental form,

but, as illustrated, terminates in oppositelydisposed arrows pointing toward the sides of the slide. when the reader has finished or is interrupted in his reading, he may move the slide 26 to a point opposite to the line at which he ceased reading and the arrow on the slide will point to the line at which he is to begin when he resumes reading.

In combination with the slide 26, I preferably employ a second slide 28, freely movable along the ribbon intermediate the upper end and the slide 26. This slide 28 may be moved independently of any variation in the length of the book-mark and may be of an ornamental form. As illustrated, it is formed of a piece of sheet metal havin flanges 29 for en aging with the rear side 0% the ribbon and liaving oppositely-disposed pointed projections 30 for directing atten- 1 tion toward the particular line which it is desired to indicate. The two slides 28 and 26 may be used for indicating the beginning and end of a articular passage which it is desired to mar or call attention to.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentt 1.. A book-mark having a bod formed of apiece of ribbon and a clam exibly connected to the upper end of said ribbon, said clamp being formed of a single piece of wire bent to form two substantially parallel members lying in the same plane, each of said members being formed of two substantially parallel portions of the wire connected together at their lower ends, the outer Wire portion of one member being connected to the outer wire ortion of theother member at the upper en of the clamp.

2. A book-mark, comprising a piece of ribbon, a clamp secured to the up or end of said ribbon, and two slides mova le longitudinally of said ribbon, one of said slides operating to vary the effective length of the book-mark.

3. A book-mark, including a iece of ribbon, a clamp at the upper end 0 said ribbon for securing the same to 9. art of the book, a slide movable longitudina ly of said ribbon and also constituting a line indicator, and an anchor having an o ening through which said ribbon extends, the lower portlon of the ribbon being folded back upon itself from said anchor and the end being attached to said slide.

4. A book-mark, includin' a strip of ribbon having its lower end f0 ded back 11 on itself, a slide secured to the end of said rib on and movable longitudinally of the same, and a page cutter secured to said ribbon at the bend thereof below said slide.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST EBERLE,

=Witnesses:

CLAIR W. FAIRBANK, EVERARD B. MARsHALL. 

